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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Kregar (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Kregar. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Kregar is located in Westmoreland County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Westmoreland County: Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana & Somerset.

Below are the counties that are near Kregar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kregar:

  • Westmoreland County     (The home county of Kregar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Stahlstown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Donegal
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rector
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Laughlintown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Laurel Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
      • Laurel Mountain Park
    • Darlington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Darlington is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
    • Ligonier
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kecksburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
    • Lycippus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
    • Mount Joy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
    • Kingston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Kingston is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Calumet
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Allegheny County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Buena Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Buena Vista is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Boston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Versailles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Versailles is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
    • White Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunny Side
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
  • Armstrong County
    • Edmon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Edmon is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
  • Cambria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Elim
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Elim is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
    • Ferndale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingleside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ingleside is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Southmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Southmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
    • Westmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Westmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,625 people
    • Belmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Belmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Brownstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cambria City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cambria City is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria City
    • Dale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dale is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
    • Johnstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lilly is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
    • Conemaugh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Champion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • White
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • White is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Indian Head
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Head is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
    • Bear Rocks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
    • Laurelville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Laurelville is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
    • Everson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Everson is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Connellsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Connellsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogerstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
    • Sitka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sitka is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
    • Dawson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Indiana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Blairsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Robinson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
    • Bow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bow is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
    • Black Lick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Black Lick is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
    • Josephine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Josephine is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
    • Palmertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • White
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • White is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
    • Heshbon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Heshbon is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
    • Coral
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Graceton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Graceton is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
    • Armagh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Claghorn ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Claghorn is located in Indiana County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Bakersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bakersville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
    • Laurel Mountain Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Roytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Roytown is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roytown
    • Lavansville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lavansville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavansville
    • Sipesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sipesville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipesville
    • Husband
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Husband is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Husband
    • Jenners Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jenners Crossroads is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners Crossroads
    • Jennerstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • New Lexington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • New Lexington is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
    • New Centerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • New Centerville is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • Gideon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Gideon is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Jenners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jenners is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenners
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.
    • Donora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Donora is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <1>
    • Allenport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Dunlevy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Roscoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Roscoe is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 791 people
    • Speers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Speers is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Twilight
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Twilight is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Garrett County (MD)
    • Grantsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kregar, see our County-by-County Page for Kregar.

Cemeteries Near Kregar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kregar.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Kregar - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kregar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.

  • Snowball Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Porch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Nedrow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Raymonds Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cole Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Michael's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael's Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Rector.
    • The St. Michael's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267682 <2>
  • Bakersville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dan Snyder Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Snyder Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dan Snyder Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Indian Head.
    • The Dan Snyder Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Snyder Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1191187 <2>
  • Ligonier Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligonier Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ligonier Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ligonier.
    • The Ligonier Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1921576 <2>
  • Continue List   (243 more) ...
    • Hillview Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Laughlintown Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Keltz Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Kregar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kregar.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Kregar, with the one closest to Kregar listed first.

  • Jones Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stahlstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Donegal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Acme
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • White
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • White is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
  • Bakersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bakersville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
  • Indian Head
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Head is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Laughlintown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Edie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Edie is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edie
  • Ligonier
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bells
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bells is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
  • Darlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Darlington is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Lycippus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lycippus is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lycippus
    • Mammoth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
    • Kecksburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kregar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kregar.

Newspapers Published in Kregar ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kregar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kregar, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kregar.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Kregar:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kregar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kregar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.